Avalon Lewis

Avalon Lewis (née Biddle; born 21 September 1992, in North Shore, Auckland) is a New Zealand motorcycle racer.

Background Lewis' parents are Keith and Beverley Biddle. Her father was a speedway bike racer and her uncle Bruce Biddle a Commonwealth Games and Olympic cyclist who been placed third in the 1972 Munich Games road race. She attended Pinehurst School, Albany, Auckland where she did well academically and Massey University where she studied for a Sports Science degree. In February 2017, she was awarded the AIMES Judges special award of $15,000 in recognition of her achievements in motor-cycle racing. The award's purpose is to provide financial assistance to young high achievers to further their chosen careers.

In 2016 when she was not away racing, she worked at Hyosung Motorcycles in Barry's Point Rd, Whangaparoa.

Local racing Lewis moved on from this after purchasing a second hand dirty Suzuki RG150 for NZ$800 to compete in the New Zealand national 150 street stock class coming first in the Taupo Road Race Spectacular. In 2007 she was first in the RD 1 NZ championships streetstock class, first Victoria Motorcycle Club winter series streetstock class, first Victoria motorcycle club winter series junior class, second Taupo Road Race spectacular on a 125GP, third Rd 2 NZ championships streetstock class, fifth Australian Road Race Development Association series. She also was awarded Most outstanding rider of the meeting award 2007 Rd 1 NZ championships, Best Newcomer South Island Sportz Fotoz Junior Cup, Auckland Motorcycle Club most promising newcomer, and Victoria motorcycle club rookie of the year.

Lewis was invited to race on a Suzuki RGB500 in the Mike Pero Southern Classic at Timaru. Following this in 2019, she competed in the New Zealand Supersport 600 series, winning the championship on a MTF Finance sponsored Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R it and becoming the first female to do so. Following this, she was invited to join the Gold Coast-based Cube Racing team and race in Australia. She competed again in the 2020 New Zealand Supersport 600 series finishing third overall.

In 2021, Lewis was invited to race a Subaru in the Otago Rally. The year 2010 saw her coming first in the Australasian Formula Extreme Championships 125gp stock class, and second overall in the Castrol Power 1 NZ Superbike championships 125gp, New Zealand Tourist Trophy title 125gp and the round 5 of the Castrol Power 1 NZ Superbike Championships 125gp. She also came first in the New Zealand Formula 5 Grand Prix.

Having come second overall in the 2011 Castrol Power 1 NZ superbike championships 125gp, Lewis was able to compete with a wild car entry in the 2011 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix 125 class. During qualifying her bike had engine issues which meant she did not start. She win the New Zealand Tourist Trophy Title 125gp and came ninth in the Asia Road Race cup at Sugo, Japan that year.

Lewis moved up to the NZ Formula 2 600cc competition in 2012. That same year she came second overall in the Italian Women's Championship on a Honda CBR600RR and spent the following two years racing in Italy, including racing in the 2012 and 2013 Honda Trophy races. Her placing in 2013 while racing for New Zealand-owned Wil Sport Management team included two third places, one in round 1 Mastercup 600 Stock at Mugello Italy and the other at round 4 Trofeo Amatori Pro K class 600cc Misano Italy. She had also been honoured in the 2012 New Zealand Motor Cycle Awards as the Outstanding Female Contribution to the sport. She came ninth in the 2013 New Zealand Supersport 600 championships.

In 2014, Lewis was part of the Moto3 Development Project riding a development bike and NZ Motorcycle Awards Female rider of the year. She received the award again in 2016. Returning to New Zealand, she came 10th in the 2014 NZ 600 supersport championships.

In 2015, Lewis won the New Zealand Superlite (450cc) championship, followed by the 2015 & 2016 the European Junior Cup European Women's Cup at World Superbike events riding for Sourzfoodz Benjan Motorsport. Also in 2015 she was asked to race for Moriwaki at the Suzuka Endurance event. She was partnered with Shelina Moreda (USA) and they came 19th overall in the four hour endurance race. She was also one of the nominees for New Zealand sportwoman of the year at the 2015 Halberg Awards and again in 2019.

In a 2016 interview with the Sunday News, Lewis described her racing career as being funded by her mums world famous chocolate chip cookies. She also related a tale of a German racer whom she had been trying to beat for second place in a race at Mansfield as blurting out "f... its a girl" when she took of her helmet at the end of the race. She also talked about how expensive it was to in Europe where you had to fund your own bike, travel, and accommodation. Her bike, in 2012, cost NZ$95,000 although she had sponsorship from Phil and Cheryl London of Wil Sport. In 2025 she was entered for the full season of World WCF for Carl Cox Motor Sports.

Career statistics

Career highlights 2015 - 23rd, European Junior Cup, Honda CBR500R 2015 - 1st, Women's European Cup 2015 - 1st, New Zealand Superlites 2016 - 16th, European Junior Cup, Honda CBR650F 2016 - 1st, Women's European Cup 2019 - 1st, NZ Supersport 600

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 125cc Honda Avalon Biddle Racing 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Total 0 0 0 0 0 0

Races by year (key) Yr Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Pts 2011 125cc Honda QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER CZE INP RSM ARA JPN AUSDNQ MAL VAL NC 0

Supersport 300 World Championship Races by year (key) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Pts 2017 Kawasaki SPA NED ITA GBR ITA GER POR FRA SPA NC 0

Women's Motorcycling World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)